Whether the plan to provide housing for a fifth of China’s urban families will achieve its aims is in doubt. Problems with financing, quality and corruption are plaguing the project. And for many, the prices are not low enough to offset disadvantages such as the out-of-the-way locations.

China’s cheap housing drive no cure-all

Whether the plan to provide housing for a fifth of China’s urban families will achieve its aims is in doubt. Problems with financing, quality and corruption are plaguing the project. And for many, the prices are not low enough to offset disadvantages such as the out-of-the-way locations.